In an email to those that signed up to the newsletter they gave us a glimpse of the finished product with the strap-line “What’s black & white & shoots lasers”. MakerBot are yet to announce prices for their 3D scanner but what we can expect is a complete scan-to-print eco-system without any of the pre-printing clean up other scanners need before printing.

MakerBot go more mainstream by the day, their machines are now in Microsoft stores throughout the US so it was always essential for them to cater to the layman with their 3D scanner. Judging by the following points in the newsletter that is exactly what they have done:

The picture of the finished product looks a lot sleeker than the prototype they showed off at SXSW, more Replicator 2 than Thing-O-Matic. The colour scheme fits the brand and is another step into the mainstream for the Brooklyn giants. Who will no doubt be offering their printers and scanner in a bundled package in the coming months.